ay.

adv.  so.

<”Ay, ye little runt, ye think ye can face me even up an’ live to talk about it?” bellowed the giant.  —R. A. Salvatore, The Icewind Dale Trilogy.>

adv.  yes; see also aye.

<[I]t was a moment before he grasped the force of her remark.  “Ay,” he replied, shaking his head.  —Patrick O’Brian, The Truelove.>

interj.  eh?

<Vacation, ay?  —F. Paul Wilson, Crisscross.>

interj.  hey.

<”Ay, Dougal!” shouted a tattered hostler, running up to grab the halter of the lead horse.  —Diana Gabaldon, Outlander.>

Ay.

n.  a populated place in Kazakhstan; a stream in Kazakhstan.

ay ay.

n.  a cry of fright, as upon seeing an apparition, as in A Cry of Stone by Michael O’Brien.

ay ya.

n.  a Zulu warrior chant, as discussed in Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller.

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